1841 Dickens Barnaby Rudge (2003) 329: He was a queer subject altogether [...] one of the finest, stand-up men, you ever see.at stand-up, adj.
1841 Dickens Barnaby Rudge (2003) 423: Perhaps, sir, he kicked a county member, perhaps sir he tapped a lord [...] blood flowed from noses.at tap, v.2
1841 Dickens Barnaby Rudge (2003) 525: The gentleman, he said, had avowed in so many words that he was ready for working off; such being the case, he considered it their duty [...] to work him off.at work off (v.) under work, v.